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A pro Batischyvna Party rally, just outside the gates to St Sophia's cathedral . Lots of flags with Tymochenko's face on it - albeit in her younger days. Support was mainly from middle aged women, and is still far less than the support for Petro Poroshenko, the chocolate magnate.

Faced with a huge number of 'defections' by local police in the east of the country to the pro-Russian side, the authorities in Kiev have authorised the creation of self-defence units made up of civilian volunteers. This was one of the sign-up sessions in a Donetsk Interior Ministry Building/Police Station this morning.

The photo was taken in Yalta in August 2013, before the current crisis, and shows a different side to the Crimea that is in the news at the moment: as a holiday destination full of life and eccentricities.

The strangest thing about Maidan Square now is a return to 'normality' (read-people selling stuff to visitors) and the families strolling about, kids in tow, like tourists, amid the barricades. They're here to feel close to something so tumultuous, without having had to take part in it.

There are thought to be 500 to 1,000 still living in tents pitched across Maidan Square. They came from all over Ukraine to join a revolution, they tell me they won't leave until they get what they hope for.

The self-defence groups that developed to both shield demonstrators from Berkut riot police and provide an attacking force against state security are now hoping to form part of Ukraine's new, official security structure.

The street leading off Maidan Square which saw the worst fighting between riot police and protesters. It's quiet now, the heaps of colourful flowers wilting softly. People who didn't participate in the revolution on Maidan are coming now that it's safe; to see and to feel.